Assuming Rome is nuked, that is.
I'm thinking a lot of the Vatican bureaucracy might be moved out of Rome when the nukes start flying, and if Rome is hit, they could reconstitute in southern Switzerland. John Paul II might have stayed in Rome himself to face his fate and try to help "his" city, so there might be a new Pope there.
If Rome isn't hit, then I can see him staying in the Vatican, and I doubt the Italian government-- pro-Soviet Socialist or not-- will move against him. In a war with NATO, I can't see the upside of calling into question the loyalty of millions of Italian Catholics.
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My Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.
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